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Megan A. Suehiro

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megan.suehiro@morganlewis.com

Los Angeles 電話 +1.213.612.7324 Fax +1.213.612.2501

300 South Grand Ave., 22nd Floor//Los Angeles, CA 90071-3132//United States

Megan A. Suehiro’s practice focuses on complex business litigation and class action defense. She has experience in all phases of litigation, including fact investigation, discovery, motions practice, and trial.  Megan has appeared before state and federal courts, and has second-chaired three bench trials, securing complete judgment on behalf of the client in all three.

Megan is a member of the firm’s Class Action Working Group, and has experience representing clients in products liability, financial services, and consumer class actions. 

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Megan was admitted to the partnership of the largest law firm in Hawaii.

While in law school, Megan was a Dean’s Scholar and served as a judicial extern to Judge Susan Oki Mollway, former Chief Judge of the US District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Selected Representations

  • Representation of digital marketplace for home improvement services in action challenging television, radio, and online advertising practices
  • Representation of consumer product manufacturers with regard to alleged false advertising and deception claims
  • Representation of online home services platform in action challenging adjustments to advertising service offerings
  • Representation of retailers in putative class actions alleging privacy violations in connection with web-based consumer activity
  • Representation of home goods retailer in putative class actions alleging invasion of privacy, unjust enrichment, and violations of state unfair competition and privacy laws
  • Representation of a retailer in defense of class actions alleging false pricing practices in violation of various consumer protection statutes
  • Representation of a national bank in defense of multiple class actions alleging breaches of statutory and common law claims in connection with Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program loans pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
  • Secured complete dismissal on behalf of global travel technology company in putative class action asserting violations of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
  • Represented financial institutions in putative class actions alleging unfair and deceptive acts and practices in violation of state statute
  • Represented manufacturer of cryogenic storage tanks in putative class action asserting product liability claims

受賞・所属

Member, Law Firm of the Year, Securities Regulation, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2019)

Director, Hawaii State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division (2014–2015)

Director, Community Helping Schools (2012–2017)

Member, Hawaii State Bar Association

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance

Executive Editor, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics

弁護士登録

  • California
  • Hawaii
  • US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • カリフォルニア州中央地区連邦地方裁判所
  • カリフォルニア州北部地区連邦地方裁判所
  • US District Court for the District of Hawaii

学歴

  • 2011年 ジョージタウン大学ロースクール (J.D.)
  • 2006年  カリフォルニア大学ロサンゼルス校 (B.A. cum laude)

セクター

  • 小売、及びEコマース

取扱分野

  • Commercial Litigation
  • 訴訟、法規制、及び調査
  • Class Actions & Group Litigation
  • Product Liability & Mass Torts
  • プライバシー、及びサイバーセキュリティ

地域

  • 北米

イベント

9/21/2021 - Class Action Roundtable: Cutting Edge Issues Around Mass Arbitration
6/16/2021 - Protecting Your eCommerce Company With Enforceable Online Contracts and Class Action Waivers – 2021
5/13/2020 - Protecting Your eCommerce Company With Enforceable Online Contracts and Class Action Waivers
10/3/2018 - 2018 Doing Business in the Golden State – California Rules of Professional Conduct — Are you ready?

著書・論文

11/7/2022 - What Retailers Should Know Ahead of Calif. 'Pink Tax' Law, Law360
11/1/2022 - California ‘Pink Tax’ Law Prohibits Gender-Based Pricing of Consumer Products
1/28/2022 - FTC Settles Consumer Review Charges against Fashion Nova and Signals More Action to Come
2021 - A Practitioner's Guide to Class Actions, Third Edition
9/1/2020 - Class/Collective Actions in the United States: Overview, Practical Law 2020
2020 - Class/Collective Actions in the United States: Overview (2020), Practical Law
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